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Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst, Somerset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst is in Goathurst, Somerset, Churches in Somerset.

Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. The church includes a 19th-century monument to three-year-old Isabella Kemeys, showing the child lying on a pillow holding a broken flower, and monuments to the Kemeys-Tynte family of Halswell House.

On or before 4th February 1649 Halswell Tynte 1st Baronet was born to John Tynte and Jane Halswell. He was baptised on 4th February 1649 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].

On or before 26th August 1669 John Tynte died. He was buried on 26th August 1669 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].

On or before 4th March 1683 John Tynte 2nd Baronet was born to Halswell Tynte 1st Baronet (age 34) and Grace Fortescue Lady Tynte. He was baptised on 4th March 1683 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].

On or before 27th February 1690 Halsewell Tynte (age 17) died. He was buried at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map] on 27th February 1690.

On or before 22nd March 1694 Fortescue Tynte (age 20) died. He was buried at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map] on 22nd March 1694; the same day as his mother Grace Fortescue Lady Tynte.

On or before 22nd March 1694 Grace Fortescue Lady Tynte died. She was buried on 22nd March 1694 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].

On or before 7th April 1702 Halswell Tynte 1st Baronet (age 53) died. He was buried on 7th April 1702 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. His son John (age 19) succeeded 2nd Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 27th March 1707 John Tynte 4th Baronet was born to John Tynte 2nd Baronet (age 24) and Jane Kemeys Lady Tynte (age 22). He was baptised on 21st April 1707 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].

On or before 16th March 1710 John Tynte 2nd Baronet (age 27) died. He was buried on 16th March 1710 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. His son Halswell (age 4) succeeded 3rd Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset.

On 12th November 1730 Halswell Tynte 3rd Baronet (age 24) died. He was buried at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map]. His brother John (age 23) succeeded 4th Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset.

Before 15th August 1740 John Tynte 4th Baronet (age 33) was appointed Rector of the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].

On or before 16th October 1747 Jane Kemeys Lady Tynte (age 62) died. She was buried on 16th October 1747 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].

On 25th April 1785 Charles Tynte 5th Baronet (age 74) died. Baronet Tynte of Halswell in Somerset extinct. He was buried on 8th September 1785 at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map] where he has amonument by Joseph Nollekens (age 47). His estates were inherired by his niece Jane Hassell, daughter of his sister Jane Tynte, who had married Colonel John Johnson aka Kemeys-Tynte who changed his name from Johnson to Kemeys-Tynte.

On or before 24th March 1798 Anne Busby Lady Tynte died. On 24th March 1798 she was buried at the Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst [Map].